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monument, and continue 100m down cours du 30 a modern sculpture by Spanish artist
Juillet to the Maison du Vin de Bordeaux. Jaume Plensa. Grab a cafe terrace pew
Bar à Vin and enjoy the view.
Time for a drink? In Bordeaux there’s The Walk » Turn left behind the theatre and
only one place to wet the whistle. Wine’s walk down attractive cours du Chapeau Rouge.
Turn right and head along the waterfront to place
holy of holies, the Bar à Vin (http://baravin. de la Bourse.
bordeaux.com; 3 cours du 30 Juillet; h11am-
10pm Mon-Sat), inside the hallowed Mai- Miroir d’Eau
son du Vin de Bordeaux, is the place to Surrounded by magisterial public build-
come for a tipple with people who really ings attesting to Bordeaux’s 18th-century
know their wine from their beer. wealth is the vast public square, place
The Walk » Continue 150m down Bordeaux’s de la Bourse. Its highlight is the world’s
swankiest street to people-watching hot spot, largest reflecting pool known as the
place de la Comédie. Mirroir d’Eau (h10am-10pm summer). This
‘water mirror’ provides hours of enter-
Place de la Comédie tainment on warm sunny days when the
One of the city’s grandest and busiest reflections in its thin slick of water are
squares, place de la Comédie is watched stunning. Every 23 minutes a dense fog-
over by Bordeaux’s elegant 18th-century like vapor is ejected for three minutes to
opera house, the Grand Théâtre (www. add to the fun (and photo opportunities).
opera-bordeaux.com), designed by Victor
Louis of Chartres cathedral fame, The Walk » Head up rue Fernand Philippart
to place du Parlement with its numerous cafes,
and legendary Le Grand Hôtel (www. then weave along rue du Pas-St-Georges, rue St-
ghbordeaux.com), with Gordon Ramsay’s Siméon and rue de la Merci to turn left onto rue de
Michelin-starred restaurant. But the Cheverus and back to the cathedral.
biggest head-turner is Sanna (2013),
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